Washington Post | Rights Lawyer Among 4 Abducted in Syria; 2 Journalists Are Also Being Held New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Syrian human rights lawyer who was one of the most vocal early leaders of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was abducted along with three colleagues in a suburb of Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday by masked ... Peaceful protest leader in Syria disappears; Islamist rebels suspected of role Gunmen abduct Syria's leading human rights lawyer Syrian army secures Damascus-Homs motorway |
Aljazeera.com | Call for Spanish reporters' release in Syria Aljazeera.com The families of two Spanish journalists, kidnapped almost three months ago near a checkpoint close to Tal Abyad in a rebel-held area of Syria, have publicly appealed for their safe and immediate release in a press conference held at the Samir Kassir ... Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria Spanish journalist, photographer kidnapped in Syria Wife breaks silence over Spanish journalist's kidnap in Syria |
The Guardian | UN to fly aid supplies to Syria from Iraq The Guardian The United Nations' first relief airlift to Syria from Iraq will deliver food and winter supplies to the mostly Kurdish north-east this week with the permission of both governments, the UNHCR refugee agency has said. Ilyushin-76 commercial cargo planes ... Syria: First UN Airlift Supplies From Iraq UN to Deliver Relief Supplies to Syria Via Iraq UNHCR Plans Syria Aid Airlift |
RT | Obama admin 'cherry-picked intelligence' to justify Syria strike RT Washington knew Syrian rebels could produce sarin gas but “cherry-picked” intel to blame President Assad for the Aug. 21 attack on Ghouta, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed, citing senior US security sources. New Yorker, Washington Post Passed On Seymour Hersh Syria Report NATO's War on Syria Just Got Dirtier Did the Obama Administration Mislead the Public on Syria? |
Ahram Online | Fierce Lebanon storm highlights plight of Syria refugees USA TODAY BEIRUT— Heavy rain set in Tuesday as Lebanon braced itself for the full brunt of a winter storm that threatens thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift homes across the country. The full fury of the storm, named Alexa, is expected to hit early ... Lebanon races to help Syria refugees ahead of storm 1000 days of war in Syria |
BBC News | Former French fighter in Syria: 'We are all al-Qaeda' BBC News He says he has now left the brigade because it recently pledged full allegiance to an organisation called the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria or ISIS - the most hardline group linked to al-Qaeda. ISIS is now one of the dominant forces in ... Syria's Foreign Fighters Syria Islamists seize Turkey border crossing Activists Say 12 Rebels Killed in Syria Infighting |
Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq? PBS NewsHour In response to the threat of violence by anti-Assad jihadi rebel fighters, Syria's Kurdish population has been flooding from that war-torn nation. Many ended up fleeing to Northern Iraq, where they were originally welcomed by the regional government ... Syria: Kurdish party denies ties to government |
New York Daily News | Spanish journalists abducted in Syria New York Daily News Al Qaeda-linked gunmen kidnapped two Spanish journalists in Syria in September, it has been revealed. Details of the abduction were kept quiet until today, however, over fears publicity would jeopardize hostage negotiations. El Mundo's Javier Espinosa ... |
DAWN.com | Syria: 1000 Days Later Huffington Post Yesterday was the 1,000-day anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian civil war. A reminder hardly getting any attention in the Western press, and not because of the wide and justified coverage of the death of the great Madiba in South Africa ... Syria urges UN to stop 'Saudi support for extremists' Jihadi rehab offered in Saudi Arabia US will veto Syria bid against Riyadh at UN: Analyst |
Seeing Syria's Islamist fighters through the eyes of a journalist PBS NewsHour As the civil war has ground on, radicalization among Syrian rebels has grown and foreign jihadist fighters have come across the Arab and Muslim world. Margaret Warner talks to journalist Rania Abouzeid about her insight on various rebel groups and why ... |